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How does artificial lighting affect human health and wellbeing?

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Lighting technology has changed dramatically in recent years with the development of modern fluorescent and LED lights, and the ban on incandescent light bulbs.

But many people experience pain and ill health when exposed to these newer forms of lighting, with symptoms including eye pain, headaches and migraines, skin rashes, burning, dizziness and nausea. The spread of new lighting has resulted in the social exclusion of light-sensitive people, who are unable to access many places of employment, recreation, education and health. The problem is exacerbated by a lack of awareness and information.

Like many accessibility issues, attitude and understanding make a big difference. We want to enable access to civic life by encouraging service providers and businesses to become ‘LightAware’.

LightAware believes no-one should have to experience pain and suffering just to light their homes and live their lives.

 

 

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Sometimes I think – how has this happened? How is this the kind of environment we want to live in? We don’t need these extra bright lights in the everyday environment. It doesn’t feel at all people-friendly.

Paula, 55, Lancaster

Healthy lighting design is becoming an important ethical issue that cannot be ignored.

Dr Karolina M. Zielinska-DabkowskaArchitect, Lighting Researcher and Designer Poland/Switzerland

The blue light necessary to obtain white LEDs causes toxic stress to the retina.

ANSES REPORT 2010

I have found the LightAware card invaluable, it makes such a change for people to take notice and make the changes I need so that I can have some degree of normal living.

Jessica lupus suffererEast Midlands

Local authorities have been replacing mercury and sodium street lights with LEDs. If this is done purely on the basis of energy efficiency and cost, it is possible to end up with installations that may not be fit for purpose.

Dr John O Hagan, Public Health England, quoted in Chief Medical Officer Annual Report 2017

LED and modern fluorescent lights drove me out of the workplace – they give me bad migraines – now they’re everywhere! So my life is becoming increasing cut off.

Kevin42South England

First I feel irritated, then aggressive, then I feel completely exhausted. I can’t concentrate. My head gets hotter and it’s like someone’s clanking my head with a hammer.

Robert47Hong Kong

The subject of “Light and Health” has become a discipline in its own right, it has certainly become a part of everyday vernacular in the lighting industry and is here to stay.  It will be foodhardy if lighting professionals do not heed to this discipline in all their current and future design decisions.

Dr. Amardeep M. Dugar, IALD, IES, SLLFounder & Principal Lighting Research & DesignIndia

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